A Line in the Sand Contributor(s): Verdecchia, Guillermo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889223750 ISBN-13: 9780889223752 Publisher: Talonbooks OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: In Autumn 1990, during Operation Desert Shield, two young men, one a troubled Canadian soldier, the other a teenage Palestinian black-marketeer, meet in the scorched Qatari desert. Breaching the divide of a profound cultural misunderstanding and against a backdrop of massive global conflict, these two become unlikely and secret friends. This tenuous friendship is severed by the torture and murder of the 16-year-old Palestinian inside the Canadian base; an act to which his friend the soldier was at least a witness and perhaps a willing participant. Weaving poetic drama with a myriad of documentary sources, A Line in the Sand rips the benevolent mask off recent western peacekeeping operations and challenges Canada's long treasured national mythology that it is a nation of quiet diplomats. It asks us to imagine how horrors like these could be perpetrated with our money, in our name and by people much like us. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | Canadian - History | Military - Persian Gulf War (1991) - History | Military - Canada |
Dewey: 812 |
LCCN: 98110506 |
Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.44" W x 8.37" (0.39 lbs) 128 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the autumn of 1990, during Operation Desert Storm, two young men, one a troubled Canadian soldier, the other a teenage Palestinian black-marketeer, meet in the scorched Qatari desert. Breaching the divide of a profound cultural misunderstanding and against a backdrop of massive global conflict, these two become unlikely and secret friends. This tenuous friendship is severed by the torture and murder of the 16-year-old Palestinian inside the Canadian base--an act to which the Canadian soldier was at least a witness and perhaps a willing participant. Weaving poetic drama with myriad documentary sources, A Line in the Sand rips the benevolent mask off recent western peacekeeping operations and challenges Canada's long treasured national mythology that it is a nation of quiet diplomats. It asks us to imagine how horrors like these could be perpetrated with our money, in our name and by people much like us. Cast of three to five men. |